A community-based case-control study of behavioral factors associated with scrub typhus during the autumn epidemic season in South Korea

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 442-446

  Kweon, Sun Seog ^b   Choi, Jin Su ^a   Lim, Hyun Sul ^c   Kim, Jang Rak ^d   Kim, Keon Yeop ^e   Ryu, So Yeon ^f   Lee, So Dam ^g   Im, Heung Ku ^g   Kwon, Jun Wook ^g  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^f Chosun University   (South Korea)

^g Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROLOGY; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 62949222877     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.442     Document Type: Article

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